Supporting device

Claim 1

A supporting device, comprising: an elongated top panel having a wide, substantially flat upper surface, a pair of legs secured to said top panel near each end thereof to support it in an elevated position, said legs of each pair being inclined downwardly and outwardly from said top panel relative to a substantially vertical plane extending longitudinally through the center portion of the supporting device and a substantially vertical plane extending substantially transversely through the center portion of the supporting device, an elongated side panel disposed adjacent each side of said end panel and being inclined downwardly and outwardly therefrom in overlapping relation to the upper side portions of said legs adjacent thereto, said side panels being secured to said top panel and to said legs, and an end brace member secured to the inner end surface and the outer end surface of the upper portions of the legs of each of said pair of legs, each end brace member comprising an upper surface in engagement with the lower surface of said top panel, downwardly and outwardly inclined side surfaces in substantial alignment with the outer side surfaces of the pair of legs adjacent thereto, and a bottom surface that is substantially parallel to said upper surface thereof, the bottom surfaces of said end brace members being disposed in a substantially common plane that is substantially parallel to said upper surface of said top panel, the portion of said bottom surfaces extending between each pair of said legs being of a length that is greater than the width of said upper surface of said top panel, and the length of said top panel being greater than the longitudinal distance between the end brace members having the greatest longitudinal spacing therebetween, thereby enabling more than one supporting device to be stacked by resting said bottom surfaces of said end brace members of one supporting device on the upper surface of the top panel of another supporting device.